Stoke City 1-0 Coventry City · FA Cup
Stoke City beat Coventry City 1-0 in the FA Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Stoke City and Coventry City met in the FA Cup at bet365 Stadium in Stoke on Saturday, 10 January 2026.
Goalscorers
Stoke City: L. Cissé 88'. Coventry City did not score.
How the match went
Coventry City saw more of the ball, 61% of it. Stoke City had 14 shots with 4 on target, Coventry City 8 with 1 on target. There were 10 corners in total, 7 to Stoke City and 3 to Coventry City. Stoke City conceded 19 fouls, Coventry City 13. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (4 for Stoke City, 1 for Coventry City).
Line-ups
Stoke City started in a 4-2-3-1: Tommy Simkin, Maksym Talovierov, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Bosun Lawal, Tatsuki Seko, Ben Pearson, Million Manhoef, Tomáš Rigo, Lamine Cissé, Divin Mubama.
Coventry City started in a 3-4-3: Ben Wilson, Luke Woolfenden, Josh Eccles, Liam Kitching, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jack Rudoni, Kai Andrews, Jake Bidwell, Romain Esse, Haji Wright, Yang Min-hyeok.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Stoke City 0-0 Coventry City.
- 88'Goal! Stoke City 1-0 Coventry City. L. Cissé (Stoke City) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Stoke City 1-0 Coventry City.
Full commentary (40 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Stoke City vs Coventry City.
- 8'Attempt missed. M. Manhoef (Stoke City), left-footed shot. xG 0.20.
- 15'Attempt blocked. H. Wright (Coventry City), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.22.
- 19'Attempt saved. M. Talovierov (Stoke City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 19'Attempt blocked. D. Mubama (Stoke City), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.14.
- 21'Attempt missed. B. Wilmot (Stoke City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.25.
- 34'Yellow card for M. Talovierov (Stoke City).
- 36'Attempt blocked. Y. Min-hyeok (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 37'Yellow card for L. Kitching (Coventry City).
- 39'Yellow card for B. Pearson (Stoke City).
- 41'Attempt saved. T. Rigo (Stoke City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.06.
- 42'Attempt missed. M. Talovierov (Stoke City), header from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 43'Yellow card for T. Seko (Stoke City).
- 45'Attempt missed. H. Wright (Coventry City), header. xG 0.08.
- 45'3 minutes of added time.
- 45+2'Attempt missed. D. Mubama (Stoke City), left-footed shot. xG 0.69.
- 45+2'Attempt missed. M. Talovierov (Stoke City), right-footed shot. xG 0.36.
- 45+2'Attempt blocked. L. Cissé (Stoke City), right-footed shot. xG 0.30.
- 45+2'Attempt blocked. M. Talovierov (Stoke City), right-footed shot. xG 0.33.
- 45+2'Attempt blocked. L. Cissé (Stoke City), header. xG 0.07.
- 45'Half-time. Stoke City 0-0 Coventry City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 58'Attempt saved. T. Rigo (Stoke City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 59'Attempt missed. B. Wilmot (Stoke City), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 64'Off the woodwork! H. Wright (Coventry City), header. xG 0.49.
- 67'Yellow card for L. Cissé (Stoke City).
- 69'Attempt saved. Y. Min-hyeok (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 71'Attempt blocked. J. Rudoni (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 72'Substitution, Coventry City: E. Simms comes on for H. Wright.
- 72'Substitution, Coventry City: M. Ephron comes on for Y. Min-hyeok.
- 73'Substitution, Coventry City: T. Sakamoto comes on for J. Rudoni.
- 76'Substitution, Stoke City: S. Gallagher comes on for D. Mubama.
- 76'Substitution, Stoke City: S. Thomas comes on for M. Manhoef.
- 76'Substitution, Stoke City: B. Jun-Ho comes on for T. Rigo.
- 79'Substitution, Coventry City: M. v. Ewijk comes on for L. Kitching.
- 88'Goal! Stoke City 1-0 Coventry City. L. Cissé (Stoke City) scores.
- 89'Attempt blocked. R. Esse (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 90'6 minutes of added time.
- 90+3'Attempt blocked. J. Bidwell (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.17.
- 90'Full-time. Stoke City 1-0 Coventry City.